Overall Green Earthquake alert in Costa Rica on 16 Jan 2018 15:03 UTC

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M 5.8 in Costa Rica on 16 Jan 2018 15:03 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	39.31 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.9437 , -86.3351
Event Date:	16 Jan 2018 15:03 UTC 16 Jan 2018 09:03 Local
Exposed Population:	310000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000cjyj
Inserted at:	16 Jan 2018 15:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Nicaragua= 5.3; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000cjyj	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1194476		0	16 Jan 2018 15:03	5.8M, 39.31km	3.96	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	NEIC
1194488		0	16 Jan 2018 15:03	5.9M, 30.55km	3.75	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		01:22	NEIC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Costa Rica , Province of Guanacaste (population 226,557) . The nearest places are Hacienda Santa Elena, El Gigante, Brito, San Lorenzo, San Juan del Sur, Las Salinas, El Coyol, Las Delicias, Escameca, El Socorro, and Veracruz.

Radius	Population
100 km	320000 people
75 km	48000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Guanacaste	Costa Rica	230000 people
Rivas	Nicaragua	170000 people
Carazo	Nicaragua	170000 people
Granada	Nicaragua	180000 people
Managua	Nicaragua	1.1 million people
Alajuela	Costa Rica	580000 people
Masaya	Nicaragua	250000 people
Chontales	Nicaragua	140000 people
Leon	Nicaragua	380000 people
Boaco	Nicaragua	130000 people
Rio San Juan	Nicaragua	57000 people
Puntarenas	Costa Rica	380000 people
Matagalpa	Nicaragua	350000 people
Chinandega	Nicaragua	360000 people
Zelaya	Nicaragua	330000 people
Esteli	Nicaragua	190000 people
Jinotega	Nicaragua	190000 people
San Jose	Costa Rica	1.2 million people
Choluteca	Honduras	360000 people
Heredia	Costa Rica	300000 people
Madriz	Nicaragua	98000 people
Limon	Costa Rica	260000 people
Cartago	Costa Rica	350000 people
Nueva Segovia	Nicaragua	130000 people
Valle	Honduras	140000 people
El Paraiso	Honduras	280000 people
La Union	El Salvador	370000 people
San Miguel	El Salvador	510000 people
Francisco Morazan	Honduras	1000000 people
Usulutan	El Salvador	460000 people
Morazan	El Salvador	250000 people
La Paz	Honduras	130000 people
Olancho	Honduras	340000 people
San Vicente	El Salvador	230000 people
La Paz	El Salvador	310000 people
Comayagua	Honduras	270000 people
Intibuca	Honduras	150000 people
Cabanas	El Salvador	210000 people
Bocas del Toro	Panama	100000 people
Lempira	Honduras	210000 people
La Libertad	El Salvador	490000 people
Cuscatlan	El Salvador	230000 people
San Salvador	El Salvador	1.2 million people
Chalatenango	El Salvador	270000 people
Yoro	Honduras	400000 people
Gracias a Dios	Honduras	42000 people
Chiriqui	Panama	390000 people
Santa Barbara	Honduras	310000 people
Sonsonate	El Salvador	400000 people
Ocotepeque	Honduras	89000 people
Santa Ana	El Salvador	520000 people
Cortes	Honduras	800000 people
Copan	Honduras	260000 people
Colon	Honduras	150000 people
Ahuachapan	El Salvador	300000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hacienda Santa Elena	Guanacaste	Costa Rica	Village	-	56 km
El Gigante	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
Brito	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	61 km
San Lorenzo	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	62 km
San Juan del Sur	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	7700 people	63 km
Las Salinas	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	64 km
El Coyol	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	65 km
Las Delicias	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	65 km
Escameca	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	66 km
El Socorro	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	66 km
El Jobo	Guanacaste	Costa Rica	Village	-	66 km
El Ostional	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	67 km
Hacienda Murciélago	Guanacaste	Costa Rica	Village	-	67 km
El Jocote	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	70 km
La Boca de la Montaña	Rivas	Nicaragua	Village	-	70 km
Veracruz	Carazo	Nicaragua	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Cabo Velas		10				0	84 km
Flamingo	FMG	unknown				0	84 km
La Flor		55	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	95 km
Liberia International	LIR	70	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	96 km
Tamarindo	TNO	unknown				0	96 km
Montelimar		30				0	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
San Juan Del Sur	NISJS	Nicaragua	62 km
Puerto Masachapa		Nicaragua	97 km

More information

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